Yes, they did.

Did your spouse try to blame you for their cheating? Maybe they called it a “cry for help?”

Did your spouse live a double life of lies for months if not years of hidden cheating?

Did your spouse attend multiple marriage counseling while maintaining a secret affair partner the whole time?

I do not know the details of your situation. However, take a pause to consider these things.

Cheaters do these awful things. Yes, they do. And yes, they did.

In fact, I do not think they are particularly unique things for cheaters to do. The horror stories we all experienced are all too common.

An important question to ask yourself about these things:

What would you tell a friend who was on the receiving end of these sinful behaviors?

I suspect that blaming your friend is probably the last thing on your mind. You probably would see these things for what they are:

Completely unacceptable sinful behavior!

Seeing those things from this perspective is helpful in going forward with a divorce from such cheaters. We can understand that the true friend would not want us trapped in such abusive situations.

That is why, in part, I think Jesus allows divorce under such circumstances (see Matthew 19:9).

Jesus is a true friend.